The Presidency, has described as preposterous, a claim by ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the forex policy of the President Bola Tinubu led administration. Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had said the forex policy of the Tinubu government was hurriedly put...
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By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Ministry for Basic and Secondary Education has condemned the use of vulgar and violent language in a school debate by a pupil from a school in the State. This was contained in a statement by Malam Jibrin Kodo, Information Officer of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, My-ACE China, has predicted that the private sector would take over leadership and governance in the future. This is as the CEO of Housing & Construction Mayor Limited has emerged fellow of the Global Institute of Leadership...
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has expressed concerns over its exclusion from the N630 billion released by the Federal Government as intervention fund to universities and other tertiary institutions. NAAT President, Mr Ideji Nwokoma, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in...
The Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese, Most Rev. David Ajang, has called on the Federal Government to urgently take steps toward addressing hunger and the security challenges currently confronting the nation. Ajang made the call on Sunday at a Thanksgiving Mass organised by Dr Emmanuel Akabe, the Nasarawa...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has announced plans to clamp down on operators of illegal private medical laboratories and pharmacies across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk, made this known in a statement on signed by the Permanent Secretary of...
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Cleen Foundation says establishment of state police is key to addressing the increasing level of insecurity in the country. , the Executive Director of the foundation said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He...
A U.S. author and development producer in the film industry, Dr Chastity Singletary, says tracing her family roots to Nigeria gives her happiness and a sense of completeness. Singletary said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. “Her Majesty...
By ESTHER OLAMA, Abuja – Nigerian music star, performer, song writer, music producer and executive producer, Zaaki Azzay, is set to release a new song as part of activities to mark his 49th birthday on February 19, 2024. Widely recognised as pioneer of Hip-Hop Music in Nigeria, Zaaki...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.”...
Kidnapped victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers use poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits. They said that the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), have agreed to transform the living conditions of Nigerians and other member countries of the commission. Mrs Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, AfDB’s Vice-President in charge of regional development, integration, and execution of activities, said this in a...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Monday for the hearing of motions on notice filed by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, seeking an order vacating its earlier arrest warrant order against him and others. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the...
President Bola Tinubu has said the transnational collaboration is essential for addressing the complex challenges in healthcare on the continent. He said this at the Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme on the margins of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theatre Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) North East Headquarters, Operation Hadin Kai’(OPHK) Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major General Shaibu Waheed, has reiterated the commitment and determination of the Nigerian military to decimate all the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents and rid them from...
The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health disclosed that Lassa Fever killed 10 persons in the state from Jan. 4 to Feb. 16, 2024. The Disease Surveillance Notification Officer of the ministry, Mr Sampson Orogwu, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abakaliki. Orogwu stated that 25 persons...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A joint raid operation between the NDLEA and men of the State Homeland Security at 23 Arochukwu street, Umuahia around 11pm on Wednesday 14th February led to the arrest of a female lawyer, Adaobi Nweke, 36; her boyfriend, Emeka Nkemefola, 36; her mother,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo) over his emergence as the party’s Edo governorship candidate. Ganduje’s congratulatory message in a statement by Mr Edwin Olofo, his Chief Press Secretary on Sunday in...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande, has said the Federal Government is working to ensure enabling environment for youths to excel in their chosen career and to stem the “Japa Syndrome.” Olawande told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that with enabling...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured officers, soldiers, and their families, that their welfare would continuously be top priority in his leadership of the Nigerian Army (NA). The GOC 81 Div, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Usman alongside the Commander, Nigerian Army Signal Corps, Maj.-Gen. Gbemiga...